Kinsey’s family threw her the most amazing surprise coming out party (Picture: notkinz/Twitter)

When Kinsey came out to her family and then her friends, in late May and June respectively, she was, like anyone, just looking for acceptance and support.

She wasn’t expecting an awesome rainbow-themed coming out party.

The 17-year-old from New Jersey knew her parents were planning an early 4th July party, but when she returned home from a trip to the mall at the weekend, she was shocked to discover she was the guest of honour at the Pride-themed celebration.

She later tweeted pictures of the rainbow-coloured buffet, including a rainbow cake, rainbow salad, rainbow pasta, rainbow kebabs, writing: ‘My family threw me a surprise pride party bc I came out to all of them lmaoooo.’

‘99% of the replies are in full support of both me and my family,’ she said. ‘I’ve had tweets blow up before, but this is the most personal one to have ever gotten so large.

‘It’s not often that you hear good stuff in the news about LGBT related activities (think of the recent attacks and planned attacks on the LGBT community in both Orlando and LA). So, I think because of the joy and positivity my story contains, people are fast to latch onto it.’

The food looked pretty amazing too (Picture: notkinz/Twitter)

She went on to say that she was particularly touched by messages she’d received from young people saying her experience had inspired them to come out.

‘The most heartwarming experiences I’ve experienced are LGBT kids (and some adults even) telling me that I’ve inspired them to come out or to be more comfortable in their own skin at least,’ she told us.

(Picture: notkinz/Twitter)

‘Acceptance of your own self can potentially be the hardest stage of coming out, I know for me it definitely was.’

She added: ‘I am so grateful for the kind words shared with me over this amazing occurrence and I hope for a world one day that this will be the norm for coming out experiences.

‘Every LGBT child deserves to be celebrated for who they are, with no shame attached.’